EXHIBIT 8.1
LIST OF MAJOR SUBSIDIARIES
(As of February 28, 2021)
| | | | |
Name of entity |
| Place of incorporation |
| Ownership interest |
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. | | Canada | | 100% |
Canadian Solar (Australia) Pty Limited | | Australia | | 100% |
Canadian Solar O and M (Ontario) Inc. | | Canada | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Projects K.K. | | Japan | | 100% |
Canadian Solar UK Projects Ltd. | | United Kingdom | | 100% |
Recurrent Energy, LLC | | USA | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Energy Singapore Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Netherlands Cooperative U.A. | | Netherlands | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Construction (Australia) Pty Ltd | | Australia | | 100% |
CSUK Energy Systems Construction and Generation JSC | | Turkey | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Argentina Investment Holding Ltd. | | United Kingdom | | 100% |
Canadian Solar New Energy Holding Company Limited | | Hong Kong | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Energy Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100% |
CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “CSI Solar Power Group Co., Ltd.”) | | PRC | | 79.59% |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. | | PRC | | 100%* |
CSI Cells Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar (USA) Inc. | | USA | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Japan K.K. | | Japan | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar EMEA GmbH | | Germany | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar International Limited | | Hong Kong | | 100%* |
Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar South East Asia Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Brazil Commerce, Import and Export of Solar Panels Ltd. | | Brazil | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Construction (USA) LLC | | USA | | 100%* |
CSI Solar Manufacturing (Funing) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “CSI&GCL Solar Manufacturing (Yancheng) Inc.”) | | PRC | | 100%* |
Changshu Tegu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Changshu Tlian Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. | | Vietnam | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Energy Private Limited | | India | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar MSS (Australia) Pty Ltd. | | Australia | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | | Thailand | | 99.99992%* |
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Baotou) Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Middle East DMCC | | United Arab Emirates | | 100%* |
CSI Investment Management (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
CSI New Energy Development (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as “Suzhou Gaochuangte New Energy Development Co., Ltd.”) | | PRC | | 90%* |
CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 70%* |
CSI Modules (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
CSI Wafer (Luoyang) Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar SSES (Canada) Inc. | | Canada | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar SSES (UK) Ltd | | United Kingdom | | 100%* |
* Major subsidiaries within the scope of CSI Solar are held through CSI Solar Co., Ltd. of which CSI holds 79.59% equity rights of CSI Solar Co., Ltd.